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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Just finished my very first quilt top!  |
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musicmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
430 Posts
Wendy
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jun 25 2012 : 1:48:28 PM
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I'm so excited to see it all come together. Nothing fancy, mind you. Just basic squares and rectangles. Oh and a 4 patch here and there. I need to get my camera squared away and I'll post some pictures. I have no idea what to do for the next step, but I've finished this part and I like it. Yay!
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2012 : 3:29:26 PM
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Hooray! I love the feeling of completeing a quilt top, yet alone the first one! Congrats on a job wel done! :)
As for the next step you need to deciede how your goin to finish the edges of your quilt. You could do binding strips which or a little scary at first but not as hard as you may think. Or you could take a very simple route & use a piece of backing fabric that a few inches larger then the quilt top, which you should do anyway, but once your done sandwhiching & quilting your quilt instead of cutting the excess backing away you'd fold & iron down the raw edges then fold again so it laps over the quilt & sew it in place. Super easy, but most modern quilters use binding instead.
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2012 : 5:56:55 PM
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I can't wait to see a picture of your quilt top. I love, love quilts. I would love to know how to make one. Everyone says it is not hard, but, as I've said a million times, I have ten thumbs. I can't sew straight on a sewing machine! I'd have to start with a quilting bee. None of those around here. Any way, please post a picture. And- your first quilt top, how inspiring.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2012 : 3:51:18 PM
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Congratulations...I hope there are many more. Happy quilting.
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Just finished my very first quilt top!
